Finalists
First Place Finalist: Spark Biomedical
$50,000
Spark Biomedical is a Texas based medical device company focused on non-invasive bioelectric medicine for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Second Place Finalist: SurfEllent
$35,000
SurfEllent has developed a new generation of anti-icing surfaces with extremely low ice adhesion and exceptional durability under severe environmental conditions. Our technology was one of the top three innovators at NASA’s iTech forum, out of 130 entries from organizations across the US.
Third Place Finalist: Intelligent Implants
$25,000
Pioneering the use of wireless implantable bioelectronics to stimulate, sculpt and monitor bone growth in real-time.
Fourth Place Finalist: Teysha Technologies
$15,000
Teysha has developed new and unique solutions to the global plastic pollution problem. To meet the growing demand for sustainable plastics, Teysha’s natural product polycarbonate platform creates a wide range of polymers with tunable properties and practical applications, which will then degrade after the end of their useful lifetime.
Fifth Place Finalist: VenoStent
$10,000
VenoStent is developing a novel, bioresorbable, smart polymer to address the chronic issue of vein collapse for dialysis patients. Our external wrap represents a new, prophylactic way of preventing this condition that takes thousands of lives and costs Medicare billions of dollars each year.
Sixth Place Finalist: GaitIQ
$5,000
Alzheimer’s – related brain changes affect how you walk years or decades before onset of memory and thinking problems. GaitIQ uses machine vision and artificial intelligence to make screening for early stage Alzheimer’s accessible in primary care wellness exams. Early intervention offers the best chance for slowing disease progression and preserving brain function.
Elevator Pitch
Elevator Pitch First Place: PolyVascular
$5,000
PolyVascular is creating polymeric transcatheter valves for children with congenital heart disease. These valves represent the first in a series of novel valves based on a platform technology that will also enable development of polymeric surgical and transcatheter valves for adults for other cardiac and vascular applications.
Elevator Pitch Second Place: SABER
$4,000
SABER Corporation is developing an antimicrobial bandage to provide a cost saving solution to the healthcare system by enabling hospital staff to reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) by addressing Surgical Site Infections (SSI).
Elevator Pitch Third Place: NovoThelium
$3,000
NovoThelium provides a tissue engineered matrix for nipple areolar regeneration after mastectomy.
Elevator Pitch Fourth Place: Immosis
$2,000
Immosis is the creator of SurviVR, a virtual reality platform for immersive and accessible police training. We are supplementing the limitations of existing training and emphasizing de-escalation through our hands-on scenarios, which include active shooter and traffic stop. Currently, we have demoed with 10 police departments across North Texas.
Elevator Pitch Fifth Place: EM Device
$1,000
Reinventing abscess treatment in a $1B+ market. 510(k) exempt, existing reimbursement codes, concept validated by over 450 physicians, 2019 launch.
Special Prize Winners
TMC Innovation Investment And Accelerator Prize: Ictero
Ictero Medical is building a minimally invasive ablation system to provide definitive therapy to high-risk patients with gallstone disease. Our device, the CholeSafe System, leverages existing workflows widely utilized by interventional radiologists, which allows physicians to offer their patients the benefits of surgery without the risk.
TMC Innovation Accelerator Prize: GaitIQ
Alzheimer’s – related brain changes affect how you walk years or decades before onset of memory and thinking problems. GaitIQ uses machine vision and artificial intelligence to make screening for early stage Alzheimer’s accessible in primary care wellness exams. Early intervention offers the best chance for slowing disease progression and preserving brain function.
Engineering Vice Chancellor’s Innovation Prize: Ictero Medical & Sun Co. Tracking
Ictero Medical is building a minimally invasive ablation system to provide definitive therapy to high-risk patients with gallstone disease. Our device, the CholeSafe System, leverages existing workflows widely utilized by interventional radiologists, which allows physicians to offer their patients the benefits of surgery without the risk.
Over 80% of new solar capacity is installed with trackers, but these systems are too costly and complex to maintain on rooftops. Sun Co. Tracking is developing passive solar trackers that drastically reduce cost while increasing panel efficiency through shape memory alloys that doesn’t utilize any electrical components.
Aggie Angel Network Investment Prize: Spark Biomedical
Spark Biomedical is a Texas based medical device company focused on non-invasive bioelectric medicine for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Southwest Pediatric Device Prize: Spark Biomedical & EM Device
Spark Biomedical is a Texas based medical device company focused on non-invasive bioelectric medicine for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Reinventing abscess treatment in a $1B+ market. 510(k) exempt, existing reimbursement codes, concept validated by over 450 physicians, 2019 launch.
BVEDC Launch Prize: SABER
SABER Corporation is developing an antimicrobial bandage to provide a cost saving solution to the healthcare system by enabling hospital staff to reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) by addressing Surgical Site Infections (SSI).
Goose Investment Prize: PolyVascular
PolyVascular is creating polymeric transcatheter valves for children with congenital heart disease. These valves represent the first in a series of novel valves based on a platform technology that will also enable development of polymeric surgical and transcatheter valves for adults for other cardiac and vascular applications.
Thomas Horstemeyer Prize: Teysha Technologies & Ictero Medical
Teysha has developed new and unique solutions to the global plastic pollution problem. To meet the growing demand for sustainable plastics, Teysha’s natural product polycarbonate platform creates a wide range of polymers with tunable properties and practical applications, which will then degrade after the end of their useful lifetime.
Ictero Medical is building a minimally invasive ablation system to provide definitive therapy to high-risk patients with gallstone disease. Our device, the CholeSafe System, leverages existing workflows widely utilized by interventional radiologists, which allows physicians to offer their patients the benefits of surgery without the risk.
Amerra Visualization Service Prize: PolyVascular
PolyVascular is creating polymeric transcatheter valves for children with congenital heart disease. These valves represent the first in a series of novel valves based on a platform technology that will also enable development of polymeric surgical and transcatheter valves for adults for other cardiac and vascular applications.
Paragon Innovations Prize: Toggle Health
Toggle Health is a healthcare technology company that delivers a breakthrough surgical user experience in the operating room. We connect surgeons to their digital case data in the sterile field using a sterile, wireless controller.
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner Prize: GaitIQ
Alzheimer’s – related brain changes affect how you walk years or decades before onset of memory and thinking problems. GaitIQ uses machine vision and artificial intelligence to make screening for early stage Alzheimer’s accessible in primary care wellness exams. Early intervention offers the best chance for slowing disease progression and preserving brain function.
Hollinden Marketing Prize: GaitIQ
Alzheimer’s – related brain changes affect how you walk years or decades before onset of memory and thinking problems. GaitIQ uses machine vision and artificial intelligence to make screening for early stage Alzheimer’s accessible in primary care wellness exams. Early intervention offers the best chance for slowing disease progression and preserving brain function.
Biotex Services Prize: PolyVascular
PolyVascular is creating polymeric transcatheter valves for children with congenital heart disease. These valves represent the first in a series of novel valves based on a platform technology that will also enable development of polymeric surgical and transcatheter valves for adults for other cardiac and vascular applications.
TEEX Prize: SurfEllent
SurfEllent has developed a new generation of anti-icing surfaces with extremely low ice adhesion and exceptional durability under severe environmental conditions. Our technology was one of the top three innovators at NASA’s iTech forum, out of 130 entries from organizations across the US.
Ark Pharmacies Prize: GaitIQ
Alzheimer’s – related brain changes affect how you walk years or decades before onset of memory and thinking problems. GaitIQ uses machine vision and artificial intelligence to make screening for early stage Alzheimer’s accessible in primary care wellness exams. Early intervention offers the best chance for slowing disease progression and preserving brain function.
Ramey & Schwaller Prize: VenoStent
VenoStent is developing a novel, bioresorbable, smart polymer to address the chronic issue of vein collapse for dialysis patients. Our external wrap represents a new, prophylactic way of preventing this condition that takes thousands of lives and costs Medicare billions of dollars each year.
TEES Cleantech Prize: CarbonWire
CarbonWire Technology LLC was founded to address a need in the pipe rehabilitation market for cost-effective curing of thermosetting resins. Our approach enables curing via resistive heating by incorporating a conductive carbon filler (CCF). Our technology reduces the installation costs in the cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) market by up to 70%.
Semifinalists
Semifinalist: Bezoar Laboratories
Bezoar Laboratories, LLC is an R&D company currently working to commercialize a novel patent-pending probiotic that significantly increases feed efficiency while reducing methane emissions by 50%.
Semifinalist: Harmony Aeronautics
Harmony Aeronautics has patented a revolutionary approach to compact electrical Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft. Our technology offers game-changing improvements in efficiency and noise reduction relative to existing designs, expanding the capabilities and markets for both Unmanned Aircraft System and manned personal commuting applications.
Semifinalist: Vitls
Vitls has developed an innovative way to enable earlier detection of patient deterioration. They have developed a wearable device that monitors body temperature, pulse, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, pulse ox (SpO2), sleep and movement. The device is thin, flexible, waterproof, unobtrusive, has a 6-day battery life and is disposable.
Alternate
Alternate: BioLum Sciences
BioLum Sciences is the developer of the BioSense AMD (pending FDA clearance) – a point-of-care, low cost device that works with a proprietary biomarker technology to analyze airway inflammation in real-time. The BioSense will streamline the management of chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and COPD.
Alternate: Health Note Inc.
Health Note is an AI platform helping to improve patient encounters, by gathering pre-visit information and creating a doctor’s note. We allow physicians to optimize time by confirming information instead of wasting time exploring and documenting.
Alternate: Yotta Solar
Yotta Solar has developed a modular energy storage device, SolarLEAF™; battery storage integrated with photovoltaic (PV) installation designed to reduce cost and expand development of energy storage and grid resiliency on commercial buildings. SolarLEAF™ will expand solar energy use by reducing the soft costs of design and installation.
